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1 September 2020AsiaMao Xiao Hong and Danny Yap

COVID-19: Protection of IP for AI tools

Nine days before the World Health Organization officially notified the public of a flu-like outbreak in China, BlueDot, a Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) startup, warned its clients of a potential outbreak near a market in Wuhan, China.

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